"What are beginning teachers experiences with induction?"
What is our hypothesis?
New teacher do not find mentoring programs inaccessable.
They found value in their teacher induction program
Defining terms of reference (Darren 2)
Beginning – 0 to 5 continuous years
Teacher – someone holding a BC College of Teachers Certificate and on staff within a school
School – I will look
Induction – Induction is the support and guidance provided to new teachers and school administrators in the early stages of their careers. Induction encompasses orientation to the workplace, socialization, mentoring, and guidance through beginning teacher practice. activity either offered.
Experiences – involvement which leads to struggles and/or successes in teaching
Who is it for? (Roz 3)
new (beginning) teachers - for beginning teachers to understand the support systems that are available/unavailable
veterans teachers/mentors (formal/informal) - for experienced teachers to understand how to support beginning teachers at their schools
school district because they are putting time/money/staffing into it - given limited resources, districts want to ensure that the people that they hire are feeling supported, will learn the best skills and stay on with the school districts
Administrators - to gain a better understanding of how to best support beggining teachers
Teachers - Poorly trained teachers are requiring more resources that is taking away from the classroom
How we are researching (Agata 4)
Research into what programs
Unions, School Board
Survey
Paper
Into secondary schools
Multi for prescribed
Open for open answers
Conceptual lens (Roz 5)
Ethnographic lens
Because we are looking at a specific culture group to analyze values and patterns
Action Research?
surveys - possibly interviewing sets of mentors and their learning partner
interviewing each other - do we need ethics approval?
Bias (Agata 6)
Personal experience with induction
We have experienced that the teacher ed. program does not adequately prepare pre-service for a teaching career therefore continued support is deemed necessary - not a bias - T. Ed program should help prepare you to begin the teaching process
We are looking at secondary teachers because we are all secondary teachers
- "What are beginning teachers experiences with induction?"
What is our hypothesis?